Een groep gitaristen, zangeressen uit de omgeving van Breda die graag en met enthousiastme flamenco spelen.

I'm a recent graduate of the Recording Arts program at American River College in Sacramento. Some of these tracks are bands that I've recorded/mixed, random recorded samples, and even some of my own guitar playing. There is always new work that I'm interested in participating in or collaborating with! If you're part of the Sacramento music scene, let's come together all of us to get this town noticed for what we know it has to offer the world.

Flamenco guitarist, composer, musicologist, pianist.

Assistant Music Instructor, Santa Ana College

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Rooted in the traditions of flamenco, guitarist Benjamin Barrile prefers to speak through his instrument, expressing emotion without words. A remarkable soloist, Benjamin also excels as both accompanist and composer. His compositions are dynamic and progressive without straying too far from Spanish gypsy tradition that stretches back hundreds of years. 
In 2000 Benjamin set off to Spain for the first time, a country that had long captivated his imagination, in search of flamenco and what would be the most significant journey of his life so far. He travelled to one of the major centres of flamenco in Spain today, Jerez de la Frontera, where he studied under many great maestros. Back home in Toronto, Benjamin attributes a significant portion of his flamenco guitar skills and compositional training to Miguel de la Bastide. In recent years, Benjamin has recorded for many artists, including Tamar Ilana & Ventanas, David Buchbinder, The Café Olé, and Gustaü & Puente del Diablo. In addition to leading his own project, Benjamin is also a resident guitarist at Toronto based Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company and Compañia Carmen Romero. Benjamin is also the recipient of two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Sound Design/Composition, one of which he shares with flamenco guitarist Caroline Planté. He also has a 2020 Canadian Folk Music Award nominee for Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year.
Benjamin's debut album 'Esperando el Alba' ('Waiting for Dawn') reflects upon his long and arduous battle with musician's focal dystonia, an all too often career-ending neurological condition for many musicians.

Peter Johan de Vries (Den Helder, 26 November 1967) is a Dutch musician. He started out playing drums in a number of different bands in the mid-80’s. In the early 90’s de Vries decided to stop drumming and took up singing and the tenor saxophone. 


Biography 
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De Vries (alias Dafreeze) is self-taught; his musical models are tenor sax player Hans Dulfer and singer Herman Brood. He began as a drummer with the punk band Circle of Hate and debuted worldwide in 1989 with the 7” EP Go for It!, pressed on transparent green vinyl, from the American label Super Seven Records (parent label: Mystic Records). Ultimately de Vries decided to start singing and in 1990 became part of the famous musical foursome Mr. Slammer, a band which like Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Powerplay and Vitesse, regularly appeared with Golden Earring, becoming their longest-serving support act. In 1996 Mr. Slammer appeared on the independent record label Voodoo Entertainment with the album X-Generation which was strongly criticized in the national media.


Since 2004 de Vries appears regularly at jam sessions. He played with the saxophonists Ruud de Vries, Wouter Kiers, Boris van der Lek and Hans Dulfer. But let these musicians also play in his own formation Monkey Blue Monkey. Due to that de Vries was mainly to hear as saxophonist at the Monkey Blue Monkey album Kouwe Klets which was produced by Theo de Jong (The Shavers). 


In addition to being a musician, de Vries works at the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) as an educational media designer. After specialized training, he received his PHBO E-learning certificate in 2006. His function at the NLDA combines specialties in film, photography and graphic design. De Vries also uses this knowledge for one of his hobbies: making music videos which he places on YouTube. Since 2007 he has been part of the North Holland top 100 cover band Living on the Edge and has a number of solo jazz and cabaret projects going. 

Discography:
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▪	Go For It! (1989)	
▪	The X-Generation (1996)  
▪	Kouwe Klets (2005)	

Compilations:	 
▪	ROQ 93091 Track 10 - MR. Slammer (1993)	
▪	The Best Of IYR! (4) - Track 19. MBM (2006)	
▪	The Best Of IYR! (5) - Track 19. MBM (2006)	

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